High paying transportation jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS with no experience

The best paid transportation occupations in Kansas City, MO-KS that require neither a degree nor prior experience in a related job. This is the narrowest cut on the site, so it is also the shortest list: where a field has only two or three such occupations, there is no page at all rather than a page pretending otherwise.

Cost of living: prices in Kansas City, MO-KS run 7.5% below the national average (2024), so a Kansas City, MO-KS salary is worth about 1.08× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Kansas City, MO-KS · Employed

1Air Traffic Controllers$161,700
Associate's degree
$85,800 – $199,160430
2Machine Feeders and Offbearers$77,100
No formal educational credential
$39,420 – $77,100540
3Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$60,170
Postsecondary nondegree award
$44,070 – $80,90018,230
4Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$59,360
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,300 – $67,040680
5Bus Drivers, School$48,110
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,960 – $56,8602,530
6Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$47,350
No formal educational credential
$37,940 – $63,6906,290
7Light Truck Drivers$45,290
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,920 – $92,4808,020
8Packers and Packagers, Hand$44,460
No formal educational credential
$32,830 – $45,3808,890
9Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$43,400
No formal educational credential
$31,530 – $61,710540
10Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$41,700
No formal educational credential
$31,350 – $51,60019,070
11Driver/Sales Workers$38,570
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,780 – $58,3701,600
12Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants$37,360
No formal educational credential
$30,420 – $47,230620
13Stockers and Order Fillers$36,850
No formal educational credential
$30,000 – $52,13023,580
14Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$36,760
No formal educational credential
$28,600 – $48,0601,850
15Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$35,480
No formal educational credential
$29,400 – $45,9503,490
16Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$32,750
No formal educational credential
$28,600 – $46,740350
17Parking Attendants$29,190
No formal educational credential
$28,600 – $45,580500

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianKansas City, MO-KS	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Air Traffic ControllersAssociate's degree	$161,700	$85,800 – $199,160	430
2	Machine Feeders and OffbearersNo formal educational credential	$77,100	$39,420 – $77,100	540
3	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,170	$44,070 – $80,900	18,230
4	Bus Drivers, Transit and IntercityHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,360	$46,300 – $67,040	680
5	Bus Drivers, SchoolHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,110	$36,960 – $56,860	2,530
6	Industrial Truck and Tractor OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$47,350	$37,940 – $63,690	6,290
7	Light Truck DriversHigh school diploma or equivalent	$45,290	$30,920 – $92,480	8,020
8	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$44,460	$32,830 – $45,380	8,890
9	Refuse and Recyclable Material CollectorsNo formal educational credential	$43,400	$31,530 – $61,710	540
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNo formal educational credential	$41,700	$31,350 – $51,600	19,070
11	Driver/Sales WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$38,570	$29,780 – $58,370	1,600
12	Automotive and Watercraft Service AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$37,360	$30,420 – $47,230	620
13	Stockers and Order FillersNo formal educational credential	$36,850	$30,000 – $52,130	23,580
14	Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursNo formal educational credential	$36,760	$28,600 – $48,060	1,850
15	Cleaners of Vehicles and EquipmentNo formal educational credential	$35,480	$29,400 – $45,950	3,490
16	Motor Vehicle Operators, All OtherNo formal educational credential	$32,750	$28,600 – $46,740	350
17	Parking AttendantsNo formal educational credential	$29,190	$28,600 – $45,580	500

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Kansas City, MO-KS. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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